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The Lophophorata are a Lophotrochozoan clade consisting of the Brachiozoa and the
Bryozoa Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary colonies. Typically about long, they have a special feeding structure called a ...
. They have a
lophophore The lophophore () is a characteristic feeding organ possessed by four major groups of animals: the Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Hyolitha, and Phoronida, which collectively constitute the protostome group Lophophorata.protostomes, but on morphological grounds they have been assessed as
deuterostome Deuterostomia (; in Greek) are animals typically characterized by their anus forming before their mouth during embryonic development. The group's sister clade is Protostomia, animals whose digestive tract development is more varied. Some exa ...
s. Fossil finds of a segmented worm named Wufengella suggest that they evolved from a worm close to annelids.An ancient hairy, armoured worm lived in the oceans over 500 million years ago
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